Cricket

India in Sri Lanka: Arjuna Ranatunga criticises SLC for hosting ‘second-string Indian team’


Sri Lanka’s Globe Cup-winning previous captain Arjuna Ranatunga has actually banged the nation’s cricket board for consenting to organize a “inferior Indian group” in a white-ball collection later on this month, claiming that it is absolutely nothing except an “disrespect”.

India as well as Sri Lanka are because of contend in 3 ODIs and also as several T20 Internationals starting July 13.

With India’s significant celebrities like captain Virat Kohli as well as his limited-overs replacement Rohit Sharma in England for an upcoming Examination collection, the group below is being led by opening up batsman Shikhar Dhawan as well as includes six uncapped gamers.

” This is an inferior Indian group as well as their coming below is a disrespect to our cricket. I condemn the present management for consenting to have fun with them because of tv advertising requires,” Ranatunga, a federal government preacher up until 2 years back, informed press reporters at his house.

” India sent their ideal group to England as well as sent out a weak side to play below. I condemn our board for that,” included the fabulous batsman, that led Sri Lanka to the 1996 ODI globe title.

The going to group has actually simply finished its required quarantine as well as would certainly play the residence group in the very first ODI on July 13.

India’s National Cricket Academy principal as well as commemorated previous captain Rahul Dravid is the head train for the trip.

Ranatunga additionally discussed the present bad run of the Lankan group in the worldwide field.

Sri Lanka shed their 5th T20 collection straight when they decreased 3-0 to England last month.

They were additionally required to return 3 elderly gamers from the continuous trip of England for breaching bio-bubble method.

Ranatunga stated the absence of self-control was additionally the mistake of the management as well as when he went to the helm, he did not permit any kind of misbehavior.

He required the upgrading of the neighborhood management as well as supported the consultation of an acting board to take care of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). It was just mid-May that the present SLC management was chosen.

Ranatunga was the head of an acting board politically selected in 2007-08